oxcart
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- noun
- /ˈɑkˌkɑrt/
:
carreta de bueyes
- As the festival approached, a colorful oxcart decorated with flowers arrived in the village, bringing supplies for the celebration.
Examples
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A steady parade of oxcarts wound toward the villages, bearing baskets of smokeless coals and sacks of idol eyes.
Fiction book (1990) -
In the fourth century B.C., they built the Via Appia (Appian Way) to the south, along which oxcarts transported good-quality tuff building stones back to Rome.
Academic text (2007) -
Took him three weeks to get it over here by oxcart.
Fiction book (1998) -
Other than the oxcart, nothing can get through that jungle.
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Sammy Moon was lying sick in an oxcart.
Fiction book (2000) -
The man who had built the oxcart, a member of the indigenous Lenca group, was about to take food home.
Academic text (2005) -
Oxcarts are used when possible, but many of the so-called roads are little more than paths, sandy and difficult to traverse.
Academic text (2002) -
He transported the hay to the farm using an oxcart pulled by two strong oxen.
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The rural community relied on an oxcart to carry goods to the market every Saturday.
Synonyms
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A small vehicle with wheels that you push or pull to carry things
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A four-wheeled vehicle pulled by animals or a tractor to carry goods
A farm cart that carries hay, pulled by horses or oxen
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Oxcart is a simple combination of ox and cart; an ox is a 'large cattle' used for heavy work, and a cart is a 'vehicle with wheels' for carrying things. So, an oxcart is a cart pulled by oxen to move goods or people.